Slash-5
Sr Member
Hi guys. I am an American fashion photographer working in North Africa/Europe and living in Tunisia.
For fun, I visited Tataouine (yes, that is how you spell the city in Tunisia), and bought my son one of the brown wool-like robes they wear in the area...which got me thinking...
Why not have them make me a Jedi robe?
They already make hundreds a month around there (it IS the traditional robe here ...and arguably where the idea for SW Jedi robes comes from), and they already have the brown fabric production, etc. I thought it would be cool to actually have one made from here...and the original ones aren't super expensive, so I can't believe a SW's one would be much more.
So...I want it to be super authentic. In ANH, it looks like Obi's robe has simple un-finished edges... Does anyone here actually have access to to original costume? I just need to know stitching details, etc. I don't need patterns, they make these things here already. I really just need close-ups of the actual details...any help would be appreciated very much.
I've read every thread on Jedi robes, but I don't see the edge/stitching detail I need to really make it accurate.
BTW, on a related note, the Arabic word for "grandfather" is Jud'di which they say is where Jedi comes from. No idea if that's true or not.
Here is a link to the photos I took that day if you'd like to see them. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.598579990172859.1073741832.249491771748351&type=3
For fun, I visited Tataouine (yes, that is how you spell the city in Tunisia), and bought my son one of the brown wool-like robes they wear in the area...which got me thinking...
Why not have them make me a Jedi robe?
They already make hundreds a month around there (it IS the traditional robe here ...and arguably where the idea for SW Jedi robes comes from), and they already have the brown fabric production, etc. I thought it would be cool to actually have one made from here...and the original ones aren't super expensive, so I can't believe a SW's one would be much more.
So...I want it to be super authentic. In ANH, it looks like Obi's robe has simple un-finished edges... Does anyone here actually have access to to original costume? I just need to know stitching details, etc. I don't need patterns, they make these things here already. I really just need close-ups of the actual details...any help would be appreciated very much.
I've read every thread on Jedi robes, but I don't see the edge/stitching detail I need to really make it accurate.
BTW, on a related note, the Arabic word for "grandfather" is Jud'di which they say is where Jedi comes from. No idea if that's true or not.
Here is a link to the photos I took that day if you'd like to see them. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.598579990172859.1073741832.249491771748351&type=3